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Strategic PlanningDate: December 5, 2009 by Donna Bojus
 Hello,
I am the president of a chamber choir and orchestra, and our organization has been going through a period of rapid growth. I am currently trying to prepare a strategic planning session to create a 3 year plan that is critical toward providing the administrative support and infrastructure that will allow us to continue growing. I am fairly new to the process, and would welcome any suggestions or ideas on how to get the most out of the planning session. Thank you. Replies (6): Threaded | Chronological
Marian Dolan on December 6, 2009 7:56am
Connect with Chorus America (www.chorusamerica.org). Their resources for these kind of challenges are superb!
Donna Bojus on December 11, 2009 5:15pm
Thank you so much for responding. I have joined our organization, and have already received valuable information.
Best regards,
Donna Bojus
on December 6, 2009 12:18pm
Donna- join Chorus America asap. I did, and it is the best investment of a few dollars for the support and advice you and I need. I founded a new community chorus in El Paso, Texas. I am rehearsing and still seeking singers, probably like everyone else is doing.
The info I received from Chorus America is excellent.
Chorus America was recommended to me by the executive director of a fine community chorus with a successful perfomance tradition that is fifty years old! So I now recommend Chorus America to you.
Cordially,
Carl Smith, Ph.D., Choral Music Education Founder and Artistic Director, Community Chorus El Paso (Texas)
on December 6, 2009 5:56pm
Dear Ms. Bojus:
1) The suggestion that you join Chorus America is a good one--after doing
so, you can speak directly to the heads of the various departments, e.g.,
we spoke with Catherine Dehoney, head of development, about ideas
re: grants/fundraising--very helpful.
2) The best thing you can do now is contact other successful choruses
throughout the nation and request an electronic copy of their strategic
plan--I am on the board of the Detroit Concert Choir, which just embarked
on the creation of a strategic plan--I got strategic plans from five different
choirs, three of them major groups--in this way you can see the ideas
and goals they consider important--and get some good models for your
own final plan--call the executive director or board president of these
groups and simply say that you would like to see their strategic plans--
just to use as models--I found every person to whom I spoke most
cooperative, and proud of the work they had done on behalf of their
ensemble.
3) You might consider making your strategic plan a three-year plan,
renewable annually--i.e., if your first plan covers 2010/11/12, during
the first year craft a plan for 2013--so you do the heavy lifting at the
beginning (creating the three-year plan), then each year thereafter
you are just creating a one-year plan--in this way you continue to
refresh your view of the future of your group.
Best wishes for your work.
Cordially,
Thomas Sheets, D.M.A.
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